George finished planting the blueberries! We have sixteen plants of four different varieties for cross-pollination. He mixed compost and mulch with our clay and added something to lower the pH level of the soil. Blueberries love acidic soil. The plan is to finish surrounding them with landscape fabric and then Read more…
September was a tough month for us for a few reasons. Early in the month, both George and I caught COVID-19. We were up on our shots, so it only lasted a week, but right afterward, we got pinkeye, YUCK! A few weeks later Hurricane Helene destroyed all the areas Read more…
We attended a bee conference in Charleston, SC last month. While there, we stayed at James Island County Park in the camper and it was lovely. It was so hot but most of our time was spent at the convention anyway; we did enjoy a very nice meal at Florence’s Read more…
Hello everyone, Cyndi here. I preordered a book last year, The Women by Kristin Hannah, and read it when it came out in February this year. This was not the first of her books I’d read but I learned so much more this time. This particular book was about a Read more…
We have done a couple of videos on hydroponics but didn’t have many folks interested in the topic, however, George set up some jars for lettuce and basil this year. The lettuce was mainly for the guinea pigs and the basil was for me…I like to dehydrate it for recipes Read more…
So much garlic! Back in the fall of 2022, we planted a good-sized bed of both hardneck and softneck garlic and they both did well; the softneck was huge! It takes around nine months to grow so we dug them up sometime around July 2023. Softneck garlic is so tightly Read more…
Remember when I mentioned the “End of the Line” for the garden when George grabbed up the remaining peppers? Well, he decided to preserve some. A year or so ago, we bought this Presto Digital Pressure Canner and it has come in handy. There was a lot of prep work Read more…
Ingredients While the peppers are cooling to the touch, preheat the oven to 400°. I mash together the cheese and the bacon bits. I then form rounded cylinders that will fit inside the pouch of each pepper, sizes will vary on how much cheese you want and how much each Read more…
I think it’s the end of the line for our peppers this year. George went out last night and gathered what he could before the temperature dropped to nearly freezing last night. We have quite a few gigantic jalapeños and some beautiful bell peppers too. The basil had already bolted Read more…
I just found lots of peppers still growing in the garden. We have green bell peppers, Jalapeño peppers, and some Chinese hot peppers that have turned almost black! I bet they are really spicy. It’s been getting cool at night so this surprised me, I guess zone 8b is perfect Read more…
